gain control

Frequency: 7.815.7 per million words

To obtain or get power over something.

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Examples (10)

  • The activist investor successfully gained control of the company's board.
  • The opposition party hopes to gain control of the parliament in the next election.
  • Through meditation, she is learning to gain control over her emotions.
  • The army fought for weeks to gain control of the strategic bridge.
  • After the software update, users could gain more control over their privacy settings.
  • The new CEO is struggling to gain control of a company in crisis.
  • It took years for the settlers to gain control of the vast, untamed territory.
  • If he doesn't gain control of his spending, he'll be bankrupt soon.
  • The pilot skillfully gained control of the aircraft during the turbulence.
  • By the second half, our team had gained control of the game.